Flowers for national and state emblems
Flowers chosen to stand for a country, a state or a city.
Begonia
A vast group of colourful, shade-loving flowering plants from warm climates
Begonia · Wildflower
LantanaLantana camara
A colourful shrub with clusters of small, changing flowers
🇧🇷 Brazil and 9 more · Flowering shrub
Celosia
Flame-like flowers grown for food and garden colour
🇳🇬 Nigeria and 5 more · Garden flower
Flame lilyGloriosa superba
A striking red and yellow climbing flower, national emblem of Zimbabwe and Tamil Nadu
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe and 9 more · Wildflower
MagaThespesia grandiflora
Puerto Rico’s national flower, a red or pink five-petalled tree bloom
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico and 2 more · Flowering tree
Blue morning gloryIpomoea indica
A fast-growing vine with vivid blue funnel flowers that fade to pink by dusk
🇺🇸 United States and 7 more · Climber
Scarlet jungleflameIxora coccinea
A dense evergreen shrub with year-round scarlet flower clusters
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Flowering shrub
Vanda falcata
A small fragrant orchid from East Asia, prized for its white flowers and many forms
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Wildflower
Arabian jasmineJasminum sambac
A small white jasmine with a strong, sweet scent, treasured in Asia for garlands and ceremonies
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Flowering shrub
Flamingo FlowerAnthurium andraeanum
A tropical plant with heart-shaped leaves and vivid red or pink spathes
🇨🇴 Colombia and 2 more · Garden flower
Crown of thornsEuphorbia milii
A spiny flowering shrub with red, pink, or white bracts, native to Madagascar
🇲🇬 Madagascar and 5 more · Wildflower
Desert roseAdenium obesum
A succulent shrub with bright pink to red flowers and a swollen base
🇲🇷 Mauritania and 7 more · Wildflower
Mexican flamevinePseudogynoxys chenopodioides
A climbing vine with bright orange daisy-like flowers from Central and South America
🇲🇽 Mexico and 7 more · Climber
KadambaNeolamarckia cadamba
A tropical tree with fragrant orange globe-shaped flowers from South and Southeast Asia
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Flowering tree
Shirui lilyLilium mackliniae
A rare lily found only in the hills of Manipur, India
🇮🇳 India · Wildflower
Protea roupelliae
A small tree or shrub from southern Africa with striking flower heads
🇿🇦 South Africa and 1 more · Wildflower
BrahmakamalSaussurea obvallata
A Himalayan alpine flower with papery bracts, sacred in Indian hill temples
🇮🇳 India and 4 more · Wildflower
Yellow gumEucalyptus leucoxylon
A eucalypt with smooth bark and white, pink or red flowers
🇦🇺 Australia · Flowering tree
Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim
The national orchid of Singapore, known for year-round blooming
🇸🇬 Singapore · Garden flower
KouCordia subcordata
A coastal flowering tree with orange blooms and buoyant fruit
🇦🇺 Australia and 7 more · Flowering tree
Roscoea
Orchid-like ginger flowers from Himalayan and Chinese mountains
🇨🇳 China and 3 more · Wildflower
Weeping bottlebrushMelaleuca viminalis
A red-flowered Australian tree with weeping branches and bottlebrush blooms
🇦🇺 Australia and 5 more · Flowering tree
Blue water lilyNymphaea nouchali
A star-shaped aquatic bloom in white, blue and pink across South and Southeast Asia
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 7 more · Water flower
ChampakMagnolia champaca
A tall tree with fragrant yellow to orange flowers, prized in South and Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 7 more · Flowering tree
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Weeping bottlebrush: Geoff Fox, CC BY 3.0, source
- Champak: Francisco Manuel Blanco (O.S.A.), Public domain, source
- Begonia: Juni, CC BY 2.0, source
- Celosia: Reaperman, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Flame lily: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0, source
- Maga: Jose Oquendo, CC BY 2.0, source
- Blue morning glory: Paulo rsmenezes, CC BY-SA 3.0 br, source
- Scarlet jungleflame: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Vanda falcata: snotch, CC BY 2.0, source
- Arabian jasmine: Taken by Fanghong, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Lantana: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Flamingo Flower: Hatem Moushir, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Crown of thorns: Ezra Katz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Desert rose: ZSM, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Mexican flamevine: Yucalyptus, CC0, source
- Kadamba: This work was made by Tushar Hossain and released under the license(s), CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shirui lily: Tabish Qureshi Tabish q, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Protea roupelliae: Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Brahmakamal: Schwiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yellow gum: HelloMojo at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
- Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim: Calvin Teo ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Kou: Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Roscoea: Roscoea_purpurea_20070810-1338-183.jpg : Keith Edkins derivative work:, CC BY 2.5, source
- Blue water lily: Nguyễn Tấn Phát, CC BY-SA 3.0, source